ast spring, Jasmin Osman met several times with a fellow undergraduate student who
needed feedback on her scholarship essays. The student, the first in her family to go to
college, needed financial assistance to continue studying at Purdue.

“She was applying for African-American studies scholarships. But there are a lot of people
applying for those, so they’re very competitive,” says Osman, a junior studying political
science and professional writing. “We worked on her essays so she could show the readers the
connection she was trying to make.”